It's so good and who is against it - preparing for the summer before it's too late
Over lunch in offices across the country this summer, women are sharing secret diets that are sure to help.
The main advantages of the Japanese diet for residents of our country are its relative availability and duration. No complicated and expensive ingredients, just two weeks of restrictions - and now you're showing off in jeans that haven't been tightened before. But to become a great geisha, you must strictly follow the menu.
Briefly about the main
The duration of the diet is 14 days. This is a low-calorie protein menu, you can experiment with such nutrition no more than 2 times a year. The average result from the Japanese diet is 5-8 kg in 2 weeks. This menu is not suitable for pregnant women, lactating women, people with gastritis and ulcers, as well as people with liver, kidney and heart failure. You should consult your doctor before starting a diet.
Original or speculation?
There will be nothing exotic - all products allowed in the Japanese diet have long been familiar to us. This is a certain plus, because the risk of allergies is minimized, and the necessary ingredients for cooking can be purchased in any supermarket.
It is not known exactly why this diet is called Japanese. According to some sources, it was invented in a Tokyo clinic, according to others, the name was inspired by the simplicity and clear diet plan, which gives the expected inspiring result (a very Japanese way: act according to the rules, test yourself. the best and you will be rewarded).
The Japanese diet is popular all over the world, it is characterized by moderation in the content of allowed foods and caloric content, which connects it with the traditional Far Eastern diet. Japanese nutritionist Naomi Moriyama is convinced that the youth and longevity of her compatriots allow them to keep a relatively small amount of carbohydrates and small portion sizes in their daily menu.
According to Moriyama, the Japanese consume an average of 25% fewer calories than residents of any other country. For example, in Japan it is not customary to eat potato chips, chocolate, confectionery, and the Japanese in general only learned about butter from the Europeans at the beginning of the twentieth century and are still suspicious of it. In other words, choosing healthy foods in moderation is a national characteristic of Japanese culture. And the Japanese diet for 14 days fully meets this requirement, despite the formal differences with the usual diet of ordinary residents of the Pacific state.
"Samurai" rules of the Japanese diet
The main satiating substance in the diet is protein obtained from chicken eggs, chicken, beef, fish and dairy products. Carbohydrates are found in crackers and some permitted vegetables, fats are found in olive oil, which is permitted for cooking and salad dressings, and in meat and fish.
Fiber is abundant in vegetables and fruits, their amount is not regulated even on some days of the diet, so the stomach will probably do its job well. Coffee and green tea not only give you energy, but they also contain healthy antioxidants (so it's important to choose high-quality, always natural, flavored and additive-free tea and coffee).
However, such a diet still cannot be called balanced, and following it for more than two weeks is dangerous for health. But even in these 14 days, your body may react badly to the decrease in the amount of carbohydrates in the menu: in this case, you will feel body aches, weakness and headache. Then you should smoothly refuse the strict menu and consult a doctor.
The drinking regime is especially important in the Japanese diet. Drink plenty of clean still water at room temperature, not only to help the stomach feel full, but also to flush out processed animal proteins.
The main condition for the success of the Japanese diet is strict adherence to its plan. You can't confuse the days and you can replace one product with another, or even similar ones, as you like. The only exception, perhaps, can only be morning coffee - a cup without sugar can be replaced with green tea. It is advisable to give up salt for the entire duration of the diet, but if this prohibition is critical for your taste buds, add a minimum amount of salt to the food.
Small meals a day (only three instead of a healthy 5-6) and no snacks can be difficult in the Japanese diet, so be prepared. Eat dinner at least a few hours before going to bed and start the morning with a glass of water on an empty stomach - this is good for metabolism and allows you to better tolerate the lack of breakfast.
Since the Japanese diet is strict, it is highly undesirable to enter it at bay. If you decide to lose weight on such a menu, prepare yourself psychologically and prepare your body, give up sweets, fast food and reduce the usual portion size at least a few days before the start of the diet.
14 Day Japanese Diet Shopping List
- Coffee beans or ground - 1 package
- Green tea of your favorite variety (additive and unflavored) - 1 pack
- Fresh chicken eggs - 2 pcs
- sea fish fillet - 2 kg
- Lean beef, fillet - 1 kg
- Chicken fillet - 1 kg
- Extra virgin olive oil - 500 ml
- White cabbage - 2 medium-sized forks
- Fresh carrots - 2-3 kg
- Zucchini, eggplant - only 1 kg
- Fruits (except bananas and grapes) - only 1 kg
- Tomato juice - 1 l
- kefir - 1 l
- Lemons - 2 pcs.
Menu for the tough
The composition of the Japanese diet is often compared to the "chemical diet" - a meal plan invented by the American doctor Osama Hamdiy for the treatment of obesity in diabetics. Like the Hamdia diet, the Japanese diet uses the effect of drastically reducing carbohydrate intake while increasing protein. As a result, the chemistry of metabolic processes in the body is rebuilt, accumulated fats are quickly burned, and strengthened muscles prevent the formation of new ones.
In the Japanese diet, no changes are allowed in the schedule and diet. If you want to get results, you must strictly follow the diet schedule.
The first day
Breakfast: coffee without sugar or milk.
Lunch: 2 boiled eggs, boiled cabbage with vegetable oil and a glass of tomato juice.
Dinner: 200 g of boiled or fried fish.
The second day
Breakfast: a slice of rye bread and coffee without sugar.
Dinner: 200 g of boiled or fried fish with boiled cabbage and vegetable oil.
Dinner: 100 g of boiled beef and a glass of yogurt.
Wednesday
Breakfast: a slice of rye bread dried in a toaster or a biscuit without additives, coffee without sugar.
Lunch: zucchini or eggplant fried in any amount of vegetable oil.
Dinner: 200 g of unsalted boiled beef, raw cabbage in vegetable oil and 2 boiled eggs.
The fourth day
Breakfast: a small fresh carrot with the juice of one lemon.
Lunch: 200 g of boiled or fried fish and a glass of tomato juice.
Dinner: 200 g of any fruit.
Friday
Breakfast: a small fresh carrot with the juice of one lemon.
Lunch: boiled fish and a glass of tomato juice.
Dinner: 200 g of any fruit.
Saturday
Breakfast: coffee without sugar.
Lunch: unsalted boiled chicken (500 g) with fresh cabbage and carrot salad in vegetable oil.
Dinner: small fresh carrots and 2 boiled eggs.
The seventh day
Breakfast: green tea.
Lunch: 200 g of boiled beef without salt.
Dinner: 200 g of fruit or 200 g of boiled or fried fish or 2 eggs or boiled beef with fresh carrots in vegetable oil and 1 glass of kefir.
the eighth day
Breakfast: coffee without sugar.
Lunch: 500 g of unsalted boiled chicken and carrot and cabbage salad in vegetable oil.
Dinner: fresh small carrots with vegetable oil and 2 boiled eggs.
The ninth day
Breakfast: medium carrot with lemon juice.
Lunch: 200 g of boiled or fried fish and a glass of tomato juice.
Dinner: 200 g of any fruit.
the tenth day
Breakfast: coffee without sugar.
Lunch: 50 g of cheese, 3 small carrots in vegetable oil and 1 boiled egg.
Dinner: 200 g of any fruit.
The eleventh day
Breakfast: coffee without sugar and a slice of rye bread.
Lunch: zucchini or eggplant fried in any amount of vegetable oil.
Dinner: 200 g of unsalted boiled beef, 2 boiled eggs and fresh cabbage in vegetable oil.
Twelfth day
Breakfast: coffee without sugar and a slice of rye bread.
Dinner: 200 g of boiled or fried fish with fresh cabbage in vegetable oil.
Dinner: 100 g of boiled unsalted beef and a glass of kefir.
The thirteenth day
Breakfast: coffee without sugar.
Lunch: 2 boiled eggs, cabbage boiled in vegetable oil and a glass of tomato juice.
Dinner: 200 g of boiled or fried fish in vegetable oil.
the fourteenth day
Breakfast: coffee without sugar.
Lunch: boiled or fried fish (200 g), fresh cabbage with olive oil.
Dinner: 200 g of boiled beef, a glass of yogurt.
Such a diet is believed to be one of the longest-lasting, and the results obtained from it can last up to three years. But if you start overeating after the restrictions are over, of course the desire will remain out of reach.
Speed does not mean good
It should be noted that among experts there is an opinion that diets with names often do not work and even do not harm. Endocrinologist and nutritionist Irina Tatarnikova says that weight loss should be gradual, and cardinal hypocaloric nutrition itself causes disorders and can even lead to depression. The fact is that a person begins to scold himself for weakness, but in fact his diet was simply unbalanced.
"Very low-calorie diets are used here, starvation for which a person is not ready. Therefore, extreme methods are effective only at the initial stage, but then there will be a breakdown - and the weight will return with a vengeance, the expert says.
The nutritionist also clarifies that for most people, long breaks between main meals, such as skipping breakfast, will lead to overeating at dinner.
- Do not try to lose weight - in general, this phrase should be forgotten, because trying - from the word "torture", and losing weight from the word "bad". By saying that, we're not setting ourselves up for positive weight loss, the nutritionist concludes. Irina advises to think that by limiting ourselves without fanaticism, we are first of all making ourselves healthier.